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/plˈænɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Plan v. t. (past & past part. planned; pres. part. planning)

To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.

To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country. "Even in penance, planning sins anew."

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Etymology of 'Planning'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Planning" Quotes from Famous Books

... on old Ed; and there's J. P. too. He's been waiting for Ed ever since the Holy Land was discovered, as faithfully as Ruth waited for Jacob or whoever it was. I can't remember when those two chaps weren't planning to take that trip, and it looks as if they'd get to the New Jerusalem first. Cracky, now, I believe you were the one that stopped their first trip and here you're interrupting another ...

— The End of the Rainbow • Marian Keith

... may be attributed to mental telepathy. The prisoners evidently have been planning their escape for days. (Creating thought forms.) It was possible for the warden in sleep, out of his body, to be mentally impressed of the delivery and bring it ...

— The Secret of Dreams • Yacki Raizizun

... sat pondering, his hands before him between his knees, his gray-blue eyes looking further than the far mountains. Later, on the shore, he and the Adelantado walked up and down under palm trees. The crews watched them, knowing they were planning. ...

— 1492 • Mary Johnston

... back in Boston planning a trip to Labrador, and intent on adding more material to his "Birds" by another year in ...

— John James Audubon • John Burroughs

... stonily at the controls, his lips compressed angrily. "You might at least have told me what you were planning." ...

— Letter of the Law • Alan Edward Nourse

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